Seeking Advice and Opinions
Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 2:30 pm
So I have to make a decision and have given it a lot of thought but since my friends and family are law school-retarded I figured would consult you all as I would like advice from someone with knowledge of the area.
Anyways, Ive got a 3.79 LSAC GPA and have been PTing consistently at 169. Ive taken about fifteen PTs over the past 3 weeks, in loud places, in quiet places, hopped up on caffeine, and falling asleep and I consistently get 169 (probably 10/15 were 169, with a couple 170s and 171s here and there as well as a 174). Needless to say Im fairly confident on test day I will be getting a 169... I tend to perform very well on tests which I assume will allow me to do my average on test day.
Anyways Im currently signed up to take the LSATs on June 7th. I have T14 aspirations and am hopeful of a Cornell acceptance but like most of the people here Im doing everything I can do get into the best school possible so Im not giving up hope for HYS or Columbia (regardless of what my gut says). The difficulty, however, is that I feel that given more time I could test in the 173 area which would dramatically increase my chances at making it into the top 4. So I am thinking about not taking the June 7th test and waiting until October after Ive had all summer to study and hopefully bring my score up a bit.
So here's my question: is it best to skip the June 7th test so that the top 4 don't see the inevitable 169 or should I take the June 7th test and then study all summer and retake if I dont do well in June? OR of course I could take the June test and thats it if you think a 173 wouldn't really help me.
Any advice is appreciated and I thank everyone and anyone who read all of this!
Anyways, Ive got a 3.79 LSAC GPA and have been PTing consistently at 169. Ive taken about fifteen PTs over the past 3 weeks, in loud places, in quiet places, hopped up on caffeine, and falling asleep and I consistently get 169 (probably 10/15 were 169, with a couple 170s and 171s here and there as well as a 174). Needless to say Im fairly confident on test day I will be getting a 169... I tend to perform very well on tests which I assume will allow me to do my average on test day.
Anyways Im currently signed up to take the LSATs on June 7th. I have T14 aspirations and am hopeful of a Cornell acceptance but like most of the people here Im doing everything I can do get into the best school possible so Im not giving up hope for HYS or Columbia (regardless of what my gut says). The difficulty, however, is that I feel that given more time I could test in the 173 area which would dramatically increase my chances at making it into the top 4. So I am thinking about not taking the June 7th test and waiting until October after Ive had all summer to study and hopefully bring my score up a bit.
So here's my question: is it best to skip the June 7th test so that the top 4 don't see the inevitable 169 or should I take the June 7th test and then study all summer and retake if I dont do well in June? OR of course I could take the June test and thats it if you think a 173 wouldn't really help me.
Any advice is appreciated and I thank everyone and anyone who read all of this!